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Bethel woman wins price is right

Bethel, Alaska (KINY) The producers of the Price is Right television game show have agreed to pay for the shipping costs for $63,000 in prizes won recently by an Alaska woman.

The game show changed policy that would have prohibited them from shipping the contestants winnings to the nations 49th state. Bethel nurse, Joni Beckham won two showcases on a show that recently aired but would of had to pay all the shipping costs which would have run into the thousands of dollars.

Bethel is out of the way and there is no road system there. Beckham will have to work out the logistics to get her two cars she won from Anchorage to Bethel.

She won the show that aired on January 29 after a taping 15 months ago. Beckham said it was one of her lifelong dreams to appear on the show and win the showcase.

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